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Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 29 (1999) Repository 12-18-1999 December 18, 1999 (Pages 6313-6442) Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1999 Recommended Citation Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, "December 18, 1999 (Pages 6313-6442)" (1999). Volume 29 (1999). 51. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1999/51 This December is brought to you for free and open access by the Pennsylvania Bulletin Repository at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 29 (1999) by an authorized administrator of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 29 Number 51 Saturday, December 18, 1999 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 6313—6442 See Part II page 6409 for Part I the Department of Health’s Managed Care Organizations Agencies in this issue: Proposed Rulemaking The Courts Department of Agriculture Department of Banking Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Public Welfare Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Environmental Hearing Board Game Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Legislative Reference Bureau Liquor Control Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED PAPER Latest Pennsylvania Code Reporter (Master Transmittal Sheet): No. 301, December 1999 published weekly by Fry Communications, Inc. for the PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Legislative Reference Bu- reau, 647 Main Capitol Building, State & Third Streets, (ISSN 0162-2137) Harrisburg, Pa. 17120, under the policy supervision and direction of the Joint Committee on Documents pursuant to Part II of Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to publication and effectiveness of Com- monwealth Documents). Subscription rate $82.00 per year, postpaid to points in the United States. Individual copies $2.50. Checks for subscriptions and individual copies should be made payable to ‘‘Fry Communications, Inc.’’ Postmaster send address changes to: Periodicals postage paid at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Orders for subscriptions and other circulation matters FRY COMMUNICATIONS should be sent to: Attn: Pennsylvania Bulletin 800 W. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 6315 Contents THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Notices APPELLATE PROCEDURE Applications, actions and special notices............6345 Proposed amendments to Pa.R.A.P. 341 and Or- Availability of technical guidance ..................6375 phans Court Rules 7.1 and 7.2; revised joint Coal mining: water supply replacement and bond recommendation 98-1 ...........................6325 release .........................................6375 CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Amendment of Rule 4001(d) governing discovery; Notices no. 327; doc. No. 5 ..............................6327 Contract awards ..................................6405 Proposed amendments to Pa.R.A.P. 341 and Or- State contracts information........................6396 phans Court Rules 7.1 and 7.2; revised joint DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH recommendation 98-1 ...........................6325 Proposed Rulemaking JUDICAL CONDUCT Managed care organizations (Part II)...............6442 Amendment to the rules of procedure of the court of DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE judicial discipline; doc. No. 1 JD 94 ..............6324 Statements of Policy Internal operating procedures of the court of judicial Release of children from day care ..................6341 discipline; doc. No 1 JD 94 ......................6324 Rule 501, appointment of panel; doc no. 1 JD 94 ....6324 Notices Expansion of the Long Term Care Capitated Assist- LOCAL COURT RULES ance Program; request for information ...........6376 Delaware County Payments to nursing facilities October 1, 1999 final Amendment of rule of civil procedure 400.1 govern- rates ...........................................6376 ing service of original process and other legal DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE papers; misc. doc. no. 90-18200 ..................6333 Amendment of rule of criminal procedure Notices 4006(c)(3)(d) governing bail conditions; misc. doc. Interest rate notice ...............................6377 no. 90-18200....................................6333 Pennsylvania $30,000 clubs .......................6377 Luzerne County DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Adoption of rules of criminal procedure; no. Notices 1868-99 ........................................6334 Bradford County finding ..........................6378 Retention of engineering firms.....................6379 Schuylkill County Termination of inactive cases; S-2339-99............6336 ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD Notices MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority v. DEP; Emergency relief under the Protection from Abuse EHB doc. no. 99-240-K ..........................6384 Act............................................6331 Judgements appealed to court of common pleas .....6329 GAME COMMISSION Service of civil documents by certified constables . 6327 Proposed Rulemaking SUPREME COURT Deer control permits ..............................6340 Transfer of positions and employes to the unified INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW judicial system of Pennsylvania under Act 12 of COMMISSION 1999; no. 215 judicial administration doc. Notices no.1...........................................6336 Actions taken by the Commission ..................6384 Notice of comments issued ........................6385 Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................6388 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notices Notices Allstate Insurance Company; private passenger au- Agricultural Advisory Board; cancellation of meet- tomobile insurance program; revised rules, rates ing.............................................6342 and rating plans ................................6388 Land Trust Reimbursement Grant Program ........6342 Application and request for approval to redomesticate...................................6388 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Highmark Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Notices Shield, d/b/a Pennsylvania Blue Shield; filing No. Action on applications.............................6344 99090000.......................................6389 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 51, DECEMBER 18, 1999 6316 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TURNPIKE COMMISSION Notices Notices Documents filed but not published .................6389 Retention of an aerial photogrammetric mapping firm for an open end contract....................6391 LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Retention of an engineering or construction manage- Rules and Regulations ment firm ......................................6392 Vendor registration and New Year’s Eve meal pack- Retention of two surveying firms ..................6394 age............................................6337 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Notices GTE North Incorporated and Sprint Spectrum L.P.—telecommunications........................6390 Investigation into the year 2000 compliance by public utilities; doc. I-00980076; default orders re: complaints filed by the Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff ...........................................6389 Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......6390 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 51, DECEMBER 18, 1999 6317 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. If the agency The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of wishes to adopt changes to the Notice of Proposed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is published Rulemaking to enlarge the scope, they must re- every week and includes a table of contents. A propose. cumulative subject matter index is published quar- Citation to the Pennsylvania Bulletin terly. Cite material in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by The Pennsylvania Bulletin serves several pur- volume number and page number. Example: Volume poses. 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